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BULLETIN' 663, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
The freezer snould be equipped with, shelves of piping through 
which brine is circulated for freezing the cans of liquid egg (PL II, 
fig. 1). For accommodating two rows of cans of 30 pounds capacity, 
these shelves should be about 20 inches wide and about 15 inches 
apart. Such brine pipe shelves may be used as a 'sharp freezer," 
while the body of the room, which can be maintained at about 
10° F., may be used for holding. 
TRANSFER OPENINGS AND CONVEYORS. 
TRANSFER OF SHELL EGGS. 
Trucks ordinarily are used for moving cases of eggs from the 
receiving floor to the chillroom and thence to the candling room. 
If the candling room adjoins the breaking room, it is convenient 
to use a roller conveyor (fig. 1) for transferring the candled eggs 
in pails to the breaking room. If the space is not suited to a con- 
veyor, the pails of eggs may be pushed by hand on a metal-covered 
slide through a small door into the breaking room (fig. 2). When 
the candling room is above or below the breaking room, the pails 
of shell eggs may be moved by means of a chain conveyor of the 
type shown in Plate II, figure 2. If the breaking and candling 
rooms do not adjoin, it is usually less expensive to use trucks for 
moving the eggs. The taking of trucks into the breaking room 
should be obviated, however, whenever possible, because the wheels 
are carriers of dirt and dust. 
Fig. 2.— Chute for transferring shell eggs. 
TRANSFER OF LIQUID EGG. 
The prompt transference of the liquid egg from the breaking 
room to the freezer is important. If the breaking room and freezer 
adjoin, this may be accomplished very conveniently by means of a 
small refrigerator door, about 2 feet square and 3 feet from the 
floor, leading to a vestibule, 2 feet wide by 2 feet high and several 
feet long, with a door in the side or in the opposite end. The floor 
